Wrecked VR4 on way to NG. Im ok, car may be totalled.

[Jesters Deadd]

284428432845Hey, all I was driving to pick up my brother then I was headed up to the NG when this happened.
I came around a curve in the freeway and right as I was passing a car in the right lane I saw a big racoon in the road. I swearved to miss the coon to save my bumper... Well the median cables they put down between the freeways these days were for some dumb reason put right down the left side of the road. Literally a foot away from the left side of the road. Well I didn't see the cables in time... it felt like when I touched them they just grabbed me and pulled me in, it was wierd. I spun around down the cables when I got control of the car I puled over to the right hand side immediatley. I wasn't hurt and the guy driving beside me didn't get hit either. A guy behind me stopped. yeah for good samaritans... anyway. I'm fine... well...I think I am in shock. I am sitting in a McDonalds with free WiFi waiting for my brother... so I am posting these pics. I had to wait 30 min for the trooper and the wrecker so I was taking pictures...

[J-Groove]

Holy crap Adam!!

I'm glad you're okay. I am so about your car. Jeeze!

You have to be shaken up.

-John

[Jesters Deadd]

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This happened at 5:45 this morning... Its full coverage but the car looked pretty bad. It may be totalled....

[Emilie@GZP]

I am just glad to hear you are OK. cars can be replaced. Makes me so sad to see.this :(

[Jesters Deadd]

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Well John, my rims have cracks too now. :(

[Rocket]

Damn. Glad you are ok-! I hope things work out with the insurance Co. Damn. :(

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[Hans@GZP]

Glad to see you are ok. Let us know if there is anything we can do for ya.

[j2k4]

The worst possible luck.

Glad you're okay, man.

[stealthify]

That raccoon owes you major, man.

I'm glad you're okay, things can only get better from here.

[AudibleSilence]

Sorry Adam :( Glad you're ok though.

[Jesters Deadd]

What should I do just leave it here? That feel all sorts of wrong.

[aaronatstate]

OMG Adam that sucks!!! Glad you are OK!! I take it you are not going to make NG now?

[UTRacerX9]

Damn man, that's bad luck. Can't believe it ripped the hood right off like that. Judging from the pics though, I don't think it would be totaled, unless there is more damage that isn't readily apparent from the pics. New hood, bumper, fender, paint, and wheels.

[CoreyB]

Man this sucks to hear. Glad you are ok. The car doesnt look totaled but the insurance company may disagree

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Ahhh that's shitty, man. Hate to see it, but at tleast you are OK though.

Jeremy

[Hym3n]

Damn man, that's bad luck. Can't believe it ripped the hood right off like that. Judging from the pics though, I don't think it would be totaled, unless there is more damage that isn't readily apparent from the pics. New hood, bumper, fender, paint, and wheels.

That's not just core support damage, the frame rails are most certainly gnarled up. Unibody = trash.

[CoreyB]

Yeah after looking at the pics more closely it is most definitely totaled. :(

[beepbeep]

I am just glad to hear you are OK. cars can be replaced. Makes me so sad to see.this :(

This. Sucks all around but am so glad you are ok.

[J-Groove]

Well John, my rims have cracks too now. :(

If I was able to find replacements, you can too. :)

The median cable is way to hard to see and looks to be way to close to the road. You may have a chance of reporting it to the state if it is out of code. There should be a break down lane for exactly the kind of situation you had of dodging something in the road.

As I said in text, if you need anything let me know. We can rebuild her. :)

-John

[DrGonzo]

WOW Glad to hear your ok... Those cables are designed to grab the vehicle and hold onto it so that it doesn't bounce back into traffic like concrete barriers do when a car hits them. If you bounced back into traffic it would have been a lot worse. Yes the car got chewed up but your safe and nobody else got involved so the cables did their job!

But on a good note the car looks salvageable from the pics. Looks like the only major damage was the front drivers corner which can be repaired and new buckets welded in. As UTRacerX9 said the rest is just bolt on parts or paint.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

If I was able to find replacements, you can too. :)

The median cable is way to hard to see and looks to be way to close to the road. You may have a chance of reporting it to the state if it is out of code. There should be a break down lane for exactly the kind of situation you had of dodging something in the road.

As I said in text, if you need anything let me know. We can rebuild her. :)

-John

Wow, that cable is close. Ours are dead in the middle of the median. I figure it's for this exact reason, in case you slip off the road a little there's no reason to get caught up in those.

Jeremy

[DocWalt]

Our cables are pretty close too, but not nearly that close. That sucks man, I hope it all turns out ok.

[green-lantern]

Holy shit! That sucks :(

[vr3.9]

Wow!! really hated seeing this. As said though cars can be replaced. Glad your ok.

[Psychotron]

Sad to see this happen to such a beautiful car, glad your ok, let us know what happens with insurance, im sure even if they total it you can buy it back cheap and keep your parts.

[Bob]

Sorry to see this! I highly doubt the insurance company will fix that, but you can never tell what insurance companies have on their minds. If they do total it, see how close their offer is to the repair cost and maybe you can work out a deal to save the car. I hope it all works out for you, man. Good Luck!

[dbest671]

Damn dude... you are actually not that far away from me... I have a trailer we can bring the car here if you want. Until you figure out what to do. The only thing I don't have any winches to get it up on the trailer. We live in Waverly, which appears to be about an hour from you.

Sent you a PM with our phone number.

[IronmanTT]

That's just a major shame CLEAN ass 99 VR4 at that.. :( glad your OK though Adam hopefully it all works out for you either way... :D

[jrod]

Man sorry to hear! Really sucks!!

[terrets]

Poor car :(. Glad your okay.

So do you have normal full coverage? Or a special, how much money I put into my car, coverage?

[Drummer]

:eek4::eek4::eek4::eek4:

[Jesters Deadd]

OMG Adam that sucks!!! Glad you are OK!! I take it you are not going to make NG now?

Hell no I ain't missing the NG. I'm just gonna be getting there late Thursday... Without my car.

[Jesters Deadd]

Damn man, that's bad luck. Can't believe it ripped the hood right off like that. Judging from the pics though, I don't think it would be totaled, unless there is more damage that isn't readily apparent from the pics. New hood, bumper, fender, paint, and wheels.
I was doing 75mph when I hit the cables. The hood popped up and the wind took it right off.

[Jesters Deadd]

If I was able to find replacements, you can too. :)

The median cable is way to hard to see and looks to be way to close to the road. You may have a chance of reporting it to the state if it is out of code. There should be a break down lane for exactly the kind of situation you had of dodging something in the road.

As I said in text, if you need anything let me know. We can rebuild her. :)

-John

I talked to the trooper about the cables. He said they put them there on the edge so the cars don't jump the cables. But seriously they were more dangerous than helpful in this situation and any situation someone would have to pull off to the left.

[TwIzTeD_3kGt]

Sorry to see this, that was a good looking ride. Hope you can salvage it.

[IPD]

wow. my condolances. if you can get it repaired (with or without going to a tube-frame front), let me know if there's anything i can do to help. i've got a few spare parts that you cluld make good use of--and i'm sure that there's a few other owners who might have other stuff theyd' be willing to chip in.

[Jesters Deadd]

WOW Glad to hear your ok... Those cables are designed to grab the vehicle and hold onto it so that it doesn't bounce back into traffic like concrete barriers do when a car hits them. If you bounced back into traffic it would have been a lot worse. Yes the car got chewed up but your safe and nobody else got involved so the cables did their job!

well I looked at the skid marks afterwards to understand what happened. The cables grabbed the front spun me back out into road. I was going sideways down the freeway I whipped it back and the cables caught the backend of my car when I hit the cables again. I got control somehow and steered across the road to the safe right side of the road.

[Primus101]

Sorry to hear of this happening, I always admired your ride.

Hard to tell from your sideways pic, but the cables do appear to be right on the edge of the lane. I'd raise a shit with the county or whoever's in charge of that- imagine if you were on a roadbike.....

[terrets]

The county/city/government dont give a shit Primus. Trust me...Ive had dealings with them involving my car..And mine was a $300 fix..

[MR2]

Dude, I'm sorry but HIT THE FUCKING RACOON! omfg.

[NOMIEZVR4]

Sorry to hear abt this man! You had a great looking ride..

[Jesters Deadd]

Dude, I'm sorry but HIT THE FUCKING RACOON! omfg.

Haha, I had a friend that hit a tree instead of a dog. I made fun of her forever about it... The thing is I didn't really see the cables untill I was in them. It was a split second decision to not hit a racoon or the guy to my right.

[Jesters Deadd]

Damn dude... you are actually not that far away from me... I have a trailer we can bring the car here if you want. Until you figure out what to do. The only thing I don't have any winches to get it up on the trailer. We live in Waverly, which appears to be about an hour from you.

Sent you a PM with our phone number.
I really appriciate the offer. But after thinking about it and getting over the shock... I can get it to my brother's place realatively easily. He lives an hour north of nashville and a uhaul trailer is $60. I think I will go get it monday and leave at his place in his garage.

[ictponder]

I'm glad I have the aluminum splitter on my car for situations like that. Sorry to hear about your car.

[J-Groove]

Haha, I had a friend that hit a tree instead of a dog. I made fun of her forever about it... The thing is I didn't really see the cables untill I was in them. It was a split second decision to not hit a racoon or the guy to my right.

It is hard to see the cable in the picture you posted in full light. I could imagine it would be darn near invisible at 5:30am

A regular standard metal wall is easy to see, has reflectors to make it even easier to see and if you were to touch one you would just hurt your car a little bit. That cable seems very hard to see, no reflectors, is painted BLACK and if you tap it it pulls your car into itself and kills your car.

Seems like a bad design.

-John

[dbest671]

It is hard to see the cable in the picture you posted in full light. I could imagine it would be darn near invisible at 5:30am

A regular standard metal wall is easy to see, has reflectors to make it even easier to see and if you were to touch one you would just hurt your car a little bit. That cable seems very hard to see, no reflectors, is painted BLACK and if you tap it it pulls your car into itself and kills your car.

Seems like a bad design.

-John

I don't know why they use the cable up here, but I imagine it is for the animals to cross, like deer. Plus, it is probably cheaper than a wall. They could put reflectors on it though, I mean that would only make sense.

It really does sucks, but at least everybody is o.k.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

^Because the cables are designed to grab you and lock you down. You'll bounce off a wall, or go through it. It takes a shit ton of force to get through those cables. Materials engineering has come a long way, walls are becoming obsolete.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskTD5Vz6SI

Jeremy

[dbest671]

^Learn something new everyday. I know they are along most of the highways through TN, but I don't remember seeing any in Georgia or Florida.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

We've had them for a few years now in parts of WV. I've seen some fairly horrific wrecks (I spend a lot of time driving) in that time and I've not seen anything make it through those cables...yet. Ours aren't right on the side of the road though, to me that seems (excessively) dangerous (overkill).

It's wild just looking at them, they don't look like they could stop a vehicle at all. :)

Jeremy

[Jimvr4]

^Because the cables are designed to grab you and lock you down. You'll bounce off a wall, or go through it. It takes a shit ton of force to get through those cables. Materials engineering has come a long way, walls are becoming obsolete.

Jeremy

Sorry to see this beautiful car go through that...

No cables in California from what I've seen. At least with a wall you KNOW it's right there and you have to be careful.

[J-Groove]

We've had them for a few years now in parts of WV. I've seen some fairly horrific wrecks (I spend a lot of time driving) in that time and I've not seen anything make it through those cables...yet. Ours aren't right on the side of the road though, to me that seems (excessively) dangerous (overkill).

It's wild just looking at them, they don't look like they could stop a vehicle at all. :)

Jeremy

We have them here in Texas too.

But they are usually two rowed, have a stake looks like every car length or so and have a reflector joining the two cables between every stake. They are also AFTER the break down lane, so you have to actually go off of the road to come into contact with them.

I agree, they work and do their job and they are a great tool. But from the one pic Adam posted up, it looks like there are no reflectors and it is right off of the road. Basically a very dangerous booby trap that is invisible, especially in the dark.

-John

[TwIzTeD_3kGt]

Haha, I had a friend that hit a tree instead of a dog. I made fun of her forever about it... The thing is I didn't really see the cables untill I was in them. It was a split second decision to not hit a racoon or the guy to my right.

I always preach 'never swerve for small things', but I can't say I wouldn't have done the same exact thing with only a split-second to decide. I'd probably think I could swerve and maintain control at 75.

Also, never seen or heard of those cables until now, those are nifty.

[MR2]

we have endless shit on our roads in Australia, my way of looking at it your car is less likely to be written off if you hit it straight on :| a few times there's been something in my lane I just lock up the brakes and see what happens, in the cases where I have something close behind I tap the brakes a few times then hit them.

[L_P]

That sucks. Glad to hear your ok. Cars can be fixed and replaced.
The damaged from the cell pictures don't look that bad dont see any structure damage.

[Street_Chally73]

Ouch!!! That's certainly a sad sight to see, but at least you're okay. Hopefully you can still enjoy yourself at the NG & get the insurance company to handle this claim in your favor.

[Greg E]

I heard about this friday at NG. Having been in this position before, I'm very sorry to see this happened to you...

Best of luck!

[YoshiBishi]

NG '12 needs a coon hunting event.

[Jesters Deadd]

we have endless shit on our roads in Australia, my way of looking at it your car is less likely to be written off if you hit it straight on :| a few times there's been something in my lane I just lock up the brakes and see what happens, in the cases where I have something close behind I tap the brakes a few times then hit them.

True... but I was going to a car show and didn't want to scratch my car.:(

[Jesters Deadd]

I moved it back to my brothers monday. It was pretty bad. The wide body rear fender hide alot of the damage to the rear qtr panel... we'll see what the ins comes back with.

[Alan92RTTT]

We have the wire ones here. But they sit off the shoulder by several feet. If you hit them you are in the grass.

[3000vr4kyspyder]

Things are replaceable, people aren't good thing you are good!

[Jesters Deadd]

It came back totalled....:(
but they will let me buy it back. Geico just gained a ton of respect from me.

[AdamVR4]

Is it safe to assume you're going to swap the engine, trans, etc into a new chassis? That one looks pretty tough to salvage to me.

[93STLTH]

^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskTD5Vz6SI


Looks to me like the driver would be killed instantly in this case.

[Greg E]

It came back totalled....:(
but they will let me buy it back. Geico just gained a ton of respect from me.

That's too bad. So now what's the plan?

[Emilie@GZP]

Is it safe to assume you're going to swap the engine, trans, etc into a new chassis? That one looks pretty tough to salvage to me.

.... it needs a headlight bucket... and some exterior panels :confused2:

[Hans@GZP]

That's too bad. So now what's the plan?

Sell it to me :suspect:

[GTO Assassin]

Really sorry to see that mate.

When you get her back, remove the engine and all the hardware etc, then turn her into a bbq. (as in build the bbq in the engine bay) :D

Scotty

[Hans@GZP]

That car is rebuildable. Please don't strip it for parts!!!

[J-Groove]

That car is rebuildable. Please don't strip it for parts!!!

He won't.

he just won Best of Show at MOD 2011, he has to go back and win it again next year. :)

-John

[Jesters Deadd]

It needs a head light, bucket, side marker, fmic, front fender, hood, maybe a left door, widebody rear left fender and work, oil cooler, cruise control actuator, rear bumper, front bumper, windshield, left glass, window trim, two new rims, 1 tire, real 99 left vertical stabilizer for my spoiler, left rear tail light, left ground effect, two new mirrors, new exhaust tips (thanks wrecker guys), and left frame rail work, the left rear wheel is angled funny too... I am thinking of sacrificing my now daily driver the 98 SL targa project i haven't finished... It has 50% of what I need...

[Emilie@GZP]

We have most of the parts you need, headlight buckets, tail lights, sideksirt, oil cooler, mirrors, front frame, etc.

Take the insurance money, fix it right, and keep your 98 SL.

[shmoo]

fuck man, i'm sorry...:mad:

_isiah

ediT: i've got a red second or third gen rear bumper. i Think it's second because it doesn't match first or third gen red. i'm not looking for monay. but i might take a couple of those busted wheelz. it's whatever

[J-Groove]

It needs a head light, bucket, side marker, fmic, front fender, hood, maybe a left door, widebody rear left fender and work, oil cooler, cruise control actuator, rear bumper, front bumper, windshield, left glass, window trim, two new rims, 1 tire, real 99 left vertical stabilizer for my spoiler, left rear tail light, left ground effect, two new mirrors, new exhaust tips (thanks wrecker guys), and left frame rail work, the left rear wheel is angled funny too... I am thinking of sacrificing my now daily driver the 98 SL targa project i haven't finished... It has 50% of what I need...

Adam, get a truck and we can head out to the salvage yards. We will be able to get the majority off everything for cheap. Color won't matter as you can have Richard do all of the painting. He does great work for an amazing price.

-John

[Jesters Deadd]

We can rebuild her! We have the technology!... and cheap junkyards.

[Jesters Deadd]

fuck man, i'm sorry...:mad:

_isiah

ediT: i've got a red second or third gen rear bumper. i Think it's second because it doesn't match first or third gen red. i'm not looking for monay. but i might take a couple of those busted wheelz. it's whatever

Just wondering... Why do you want the busted rims?

[Show Killer]

We can rebuild her! We have the technology!... and cheap junkyards.

The $6M VR4 !!

[Show Killer]

Just wondering... Why do you want the busted rims?

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